Tag: Texas DPS

CBP Defends Footage of Border Patrol Agent Cutting Razor Wire to Let in Illegal Border Crossers

A spokesperson for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) defended video footage of a U.S. Border Patrol agent cutting open a section of razor wire for an illegal immigrant family, saying that it was a necessary action to apprehend them. On Friday, Fox News reporter Bill Melugin shared a Twitter post showing the unidentified Border…


Arrest Made in Texas Driver’s License Scheme Involving NY-Based Chinese Crime Ring

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has made an arrest in connection with a driver’s license scheme linked to a Chinese organized crime ring. Late last year, DPS discovered it had sent thousands of fraudulently obtained duplicate driver’s licenses to addresses in New York, Oklahoma, and Georgia. The breach was made public during a…


Texas Sends Letters to Thousands Whose Driver’s Licenses Were Sent to Chinese Organized Crime Ring

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has begun notifying Asian Texans whose driver’s licenses were sent to a Chinese organized crime group due to a security lapse. Department of Public Safety Chief Steve McCraw told lawmakers on Monday that the agency identified at least 3,000 Texans affected by the breach, but the number could…


Texas DPS No Longer Enforcing Ban on 18- to 20-Year-Olds From Carrying Handguns

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has stopped enforcing a state law that made it illegal for 18- to 20-year-olds to carry handguns in public. A recent memo to DPS officers alerted them to the enforcement change. The enforcement change comes after U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman in Fort Worth struck down the law…